Project Implementation Manager

Summary

Join Search for Common Ground as the Manager for SHE-WINS Guatemala and play a pivotal role in empowering women-led organizations. You will oversee the entire project lifecycle, from design and budgeting to implementation and reporting, working closely with local partners and international teams. This position requires strong project management skills, experience in Women, Peace, and Security initiatives, and the ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders. You will lead in-country implementation, ensuring alignment with Search's standards and donor compliance. The role involves managing a team, coordinating with regional and global colleagues, and contributing to strategy development. The successful candidate will be a collaborative, adaptable, and results-oriented individual committed to Search's mission.

Requirements

• BS/BA with minimum 9 years’ experience in project implementation
• Intermediate level of English

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships related to the project implementation such as partners (formal and informal), local authorities, and cross team collaborators
• Lead in-country project implementation, and maintaining close communication with the Latam regional team and WINS global team
• Expertly apply Search standards, processes, and best practices to work
• Improve, finalize and monitor costed-workplans and spend-out plans; support in finalizing and monitoring the logical framework and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) plan. Ensure alignment with women, peace and security programmatic goals
• Maintain regular communication with existing and potential partners (specifically women-led organizations); meet with local authorities as needed, and facilitate approvals and networking
• Conduct outreach and secure partnerships with civil society organizations, primarily with key women-led organizations and other leaders, both female and male, involved in these efforts
• Coordinate with regional and cross-regional colleagues for implementation, quality, reflection and learning
• Make sure that approved Search methodologies are utilized
• Provide training and coaching to project partners on delivery and quality
• Ensure reviews and reflection sessions lead to adaptive work plan
• Note and record lessons learned via donor reports (coordinated at the global level)
• Design project activities (e.g., objectives and structure of activities); lead and/or deliver project activities
• Review and finalize project documents (e.g., presentations, and agenda); finalize donor reports; review and finalize monthly and activity reports before sharing; review General Ledger (GL) and support country finance team (CFT) in producing financial report
• Coordinate with the country and regional team to follow donor rules/regulations; ensure donor compliance; and offer coaching and support to partners
• Provide technical review of partner documents; lead communication with partner management; provide oversight to partner work plan and key deliverables; lead in partner capacity assessment/plan and partner selection
• Provide inputs to strategy development and planning related to technical area of work
• Technical review of strategy and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
• Infuse organizational Values into all work
• Other duties that are broadly in line with the above key contributions as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working in the subjects of Women, Peace and Security

Benefits

• Ability to work remotely and build virtual relations with regional and cross-regional colleagues
• Ability to travel domestically at least 20%